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▪ I. unˈsober, a.
[un-1 7. Cf. MDu. onsober.]
†1. Uncontrolled, immoderate. Obs.
c1400Destr. Troy 3800 Dyamede..was..Vnsober with seruaundes,..Dredfull in dole for dissait þat he vsit. Ibid. 12507 The sea was vnsober, sondrit the nauy. 1535Joye Apol. Tindale (title-p.), To..defende himself ageinst so many sclaunderouse lyes fayned vpon him in Tindals vncharitable and vnsober Pystle. 1589Fleming Virg. Georg. ii. 35 Ne hath he seene (hard) yron lawes nor pleadinges at the bar Vnsober, mad, and quarellous. 1648Herrick Hesper., To J. Wingfield, For ordaining, that thy words not swell To any one unsober syllable. a1680Butler Char., Mel. Man, He..takes Pleasure in nothing but his own un-sober Sadness.
2. Unregulated in conduct; not staid or grave.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 134 A young strepleyng must remedylesse from excessive and unsober revellyng come home lesse honest. 1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 88 Her eyes, her talke, her pase, all were vnsober, wylde, and wanton. 1637R. Clerke Serm. 485, I censure it [sc. drinking of healths] not simply, but for some unsober Ceremonies, that become not Christians. 1682Gov. Pennsyl. 10 All that..are not convicted of Ill Fame, or unsober and dishonest Conversation. 1730A. Petrie Rules Good Deportm. Ch.-Officers 121 [Deacons] must not be Drunkards, nor Unsober, nor Covetous. 1812W. Tennant Anster F. ii. xlii, Th' unsober spirit of the fiddle. 1829Landor Imag. Conv. II. 309 She is verily an unsober jade, who in her gravest humour will lead thee into quarrels, and in her gayest will pick thy pocket.
3. Affected by, addicted to, drinking.
1611Florio Insobrio, vnsober, drunken. 1846Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. II. 193/1 We must do all we have to do, while the nation is feasting and unsober. 1852Mundy Antipodes I. 164 The loss or destruction of these fragile liabilities in the hands of rough, careless, and unsober characters.
Hence unˈsoberness.
1548Elyot, Immodestia, malapertnesse,..vnsobrenesse. 1681Kettlewell Chr. Obed. v. ii. 605 Several instances of unsoberness, when there is no scandal to our Brethren joined with them.
▪ II. unˈsober, v.
[un-2 6 a.]
trans. To make unstaid.
1856Faber Creator & Creature iii. i. (1858) 334 While we grow in merits we are getting hugely into debt to the greatness..of God's mercies, and this at times unsobers us. |